Skin Cancer Sucks

When I was a little girl, my parents took me swimming a lot. In fact, I loved it, took lessons and had a lifesaving badge by the time I was 11 years old.  The class thought I couldn’t rescue this guy who was twice my size and were all laughing and having a great...

Terry Prachett Has Won My Heart

Image via Wikipedia My daughter is very good for me. If it weren’t for her, I’d be all wrapped up in this crazy Internet world and never read a thing that wasn’t about business. I mean, I like to read those books because they help me, and I read a...

High School Reunions

Cover of Love Story Wow… Scares me that my 40th high school reunion is happening on October 30 in Pittsburgh. I’d so love to go, but well, for many reasons, I don’t think I’ll be attending unless some great thing happens and I just fly in to...

Netflix Has Changed My World

I went into Netflix kicking and screaming.  I mean, I thought, I don’t want to have to be running back and forth to the post office with DVDs. And knowing how our post office can sometimes screw things up, it just didn’t seem worth the effort. But ladies...

Where Did 21 Years Go, May I Ask?

My daughter is 21 today. We made it! She’s an adult. I really never thought I could have a kid that would survive to that age. You see after being married 16 years and having a pretty cool career in banking, I learned I was pregnant.  Ack! How did that happen? I...

Scrambled Eggs and Bacon

When my daughter was a little girl, she would get downright evil, if she wasn’t fed on time. It was like she turned into another person, someone that I certainly didn’t hatch, and it would amaze us no end because she was a really good, sweet kid. But it...